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Sunday, 19 December 2010

ITALERI CARRO ARMATO M13/40 1/72 PT.1

This is last nights effort.I got my Christmas bonus on Friday, and could not spend it because my son and heir was ill.Then sods law it bloody well snowed.

Being a die hard modeller and being made of sterner stuff, I wrapped up well and yomped off down to town with my bonus burning a hole in my pocket!

After spending a shed load on kits and figures, I had to lump the lot back on foot.With a loaded Bergen I made my back home.
Well this is one of the kits I bought, the Italeri fast build m13/40.This is what you get for your money, two kits worth of well fitting parts that are nicely detailed.
Fast build kits have there limitations,they are not going to win you any prizes, and are designed for war gamers, younger modellers and bone idle gits like me who take for ever to build things.

It went together very well, if fact to well.I started this kit by accident, I went up stairs to add them to the stash and thought I would have a look at them.Then I thought "well I will just put this bit together and then this one" next thing the bloody thing is build in about 5 minutes!I tell a lie I left the tracks off for painting,no glue was used at all.

I used Vallejo dark sand 847 and Russian uniform green for the cammo.It did take for ever to do the stripes but a few beers help keep things on track.The tracks and MG were painted using Vallejo oily steel and given a good dose of Vallejo black wash.

I added the decals last night.Yes you did read correctly, A fast build kit coming with decals,A LAST!!!!!Okay this is not the first,but Italeri are to be commended for addressing this problem.The give you a load of different options for the same company of tanks so for the war gamers again but nice all the same.

The exhausts was painted with MiG pigment standard rust and little specks over the mud guards to show ware and tear.The next one I build I will use Plastic warrior Paul's idea with marmite for weathering.I am very happy with this kit and I have always wanted an Italian tank since I saw the old ESCI kits when I was a smaller child.

I like the tank veRy much and especially the amazing terrain. Sorry to hear about your son. There are flus and colds going around because of the miserable weather. At least you're not at heathrow! I'm a bit worried about a parcel I wish I hadn't ordered from northern England a week ago. Take care mate and don't let the paints freeze!

I was really waiting for some more close-up pics of that fast-build M13/40 :-). I am going to buy it for sure as I love italian WW2 stuff. It seems that, with some more detailing (for example, some bolts and ladder on the sides) it can surpass the old Esci 1/72 kit. Great work BTW on it, mate :-D that camo scheme is rather odd, but certainly not impossible ...